Author Topic: 1st time a motorcycle sent me to the hospital (Read 8967 times)

canuck750 · « **on:** March 22, 2015, 10:22:32 PM »

And I was only working on it and not riding it!

Repairing an original V7 Sport Silentium, welding on a new hanger bracket, grinding the weld and the damn 5" grinder disc catches an edge. In a flash its cut through my jeans and then spun around under the denim flap. Luckily its just 8 stiches to my leg and not my face, not that I have a face worth saving but a 5" scar across my head would not help my looks any. And to think for once I was actually wearing gloves and safety glasses but the damn disc decides to go for my thigh.

Well after nearly 40 years riding and never been down, not even so much as a scratch, who says riding these things are dangerous?

My wife said those damn motorbikes where going to get me in trouble one of these days :D

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2015, 10:29:22 PM »

Ouch ! Somehow the stat keepers will put this in the MC related category ::)

Dusty

canuck750 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2015, 10:33:05 PM »

And you won't believe this but my little grinder is green and has a label on it that says Kawasaki!!

Damn Ninja's will kill you if you don't hang on tight and pay attention all the time ;) Bet it would not have happened with a fine Italian power tool.

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2015, 10:46:19 PM »

I had a 7" disc grinder do that to my thigh about 10 or so years ago but I was working on a piece of earth moving equipment.
In the coast guard we had a Guy using one of those with a stone disc when the disc exploded from centrifugal force and
impact with a part of the ship. A quarter of the stone separated and went into his forehead killing him.
It is the damn grinders that are dangerous. They save a lot of work but at a risk.

mach1mustang351 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2015, 11:50:46 PM »

Knock wood. I have never hurt myself like that in the garage... I have however given myself bad cuts on 2 occasions doing dishes. Those darn broken glasses will tear you up. At least the last one cut me across my knuckles on my right hand... looks like I got in a fight... might help me pickup chicks... if my wife didn't know the real story.

rodekyll · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2015, 11:57:29 PM »

I had that happen a few weeks back -- cut off saw kicked back on me. Frayed my carharts but spared my thigh.

I roomed with a certifiably crazy guy in Tacoma. He liked to scrounge pallets for home heating. He liked to hold the chainsaw on his leg, grab the rope, and kick it away to start it. One day it backfired, kicked back, and cut between his toes, up his shin, and through his thigh. Ruined my Mercedes getting him to the hospital. 66 stitches and a few units of blood later, he did the same thing again with close to the same results. He didn't even have the stitches out yet. This time I called the medics. I'd just gotten the Mercedes cleaned up. Idiot hadn't even checked to see why the chainsaw had backfired -- out of gas.

kevdog3019 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2015, 09:09:48 AM »

ATGATT Canuck and you would have been spared. ;-T ;)

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2015, 09:28:11 AM »

Sounds like it could have been much worse a few inches one way or the other. Glad you're ok.

nick949 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2015, 09:57:57 AM »

Jeez Jim - those power tools are dangerous things. I'm glad you are not too badly injured: 8 stitches doesn't sound too bad, but I'll bet it's an ugly wound.

Heal quickly - perhaps with the help of some of these for the pain and discomfort :BEER:

Nick

Spuddy · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2015, 10:30:43 AM »

Speedy recovery...

mtiberio · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2015, 10:53:42 AM »

> 1st time a motorcycle sent me to the hospital

wish I could say that...

Crashed my first bike the first day I got it, racing the company tow truck in the big turnpike parking lot at work. no hospital.

One week later, got the 600 mile check up and they "adjusted the clutch". I wasn't used to it, and when I stopped to light a cigar at a stop sign, and someone came up behind me and beeped, I rushed, and wheelied across the intersection, and into a chain link fence. This did require stitches... Maybe it is not motorcycles that are dangerous, but smoking cigars...

Tobit · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2015, 11:28:13 AM »

Quote from: canuck750 on March 22, 2015, 10:22:32 PM

In a flash its cut through my jeans and then spun around under the denim flap.

With any power tool a flash is all it takes. Glad you're ok.

Tobit

dilligaf · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2015, 11:41:13 AM »

Deer put me in the emergency room. ::( I just happen to be sitting on my motorcycle at he time I hit it. ;D :BEER:
Matt

Lannis · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2015, 12:12:24 PM »

Quote from: canuck750 on March 22, 2015, 10:22:32 PM

... and the damn 5" grinder disc catches an edge. In a flash its cut through my jeans and then spun around under the denim flap ....

I have a couple of denim flaps on my jeans, and I was all squinched up for a few seconds after reading your account until I realized it wasn't under THAT flap .... The last thing I need under there is a 5" grinding disc running around wild ..... !

Lannis

oldbike54 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2015, 12:22:18 PM »

Quote from: mtiberio on March 23, 2015, 10:53:42 AM

> 1st time a motorcycle sent me to the hospital

wish I could say that...

Crashed my first bike the first day I got it, racing the company tow truck in the big turnpike parking lot at work. no hospital.

One week later, got the 600 mile check up and they "adjusted the clutch". I wasn't used to it, and when I stopped to light a cigar at a stop sign, and someone came up behind me and beeped, I rushed, and wheelied across the intersection, and into a chain link fence. This did require stitches... Maybe it is not motorcycles that are dangerous, but smoking cigars...

Mike , did the fence survive ? :D I saw a rider crash into a chainlink baseball backstop at a park behind my grandparents house in Tulsa . Don't remember a cigar being involved , but there were two Tulsa cop cars chasing him . Hmm , maybe cop cars are dangerous ;D

Dusty

mtiberio · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2015, 01:21:37 PM »

fence was a bit worse for the wear...

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2015, 01:37:36 PM »

1 time I was cutting up little branches with my electric chain saw on our filbert nut tree wearing a glove just in case. The saw had a hair trigger. I'm holding a branch to cut with my left hand/glove and just before I squeeze the trigger I think, not sure if the chain is clear(leaves in the way) of my glove/hand. I pull the trigger and the chain slices thru my glove and opens up the left side of my middle finger! ~; My left hand started bleeding profusely so I raise it to slow the bleeding down. I'm home alone so walk over to my neighbors house across the street and ask her is she can take me to the hospital. :) She does and as soon as I get there, it's no waiting for me. They take me into a back room, do my paperwork there and put my hand in a solution that stops the bleeding and infection. Later a Dr. sews my finger up and to this day you can hardly see a scar. 8)

Then there was the time I was cutting a piece of wood with my hacksaw and managed to cut the tip of my thumb off. :'( I could see the bone tip of my thumb. I put a plastic thumb protector over & wrapped it and never went to a Dr. about it. Months later after it quit being sensitive to hits, I took off the thumb splint? and my thumb was all back, thumb print and all as if nothing had ever happened. 8) Figure if I had gone to a Dr. they would have stitched my thumb end up and it'd look odd from then on.

Markcarovilli · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2015, 05:46:58 PM »

Quote from: kevdog3019 on March 23, 2015, 09:09:48 AM

ATGATT Canuck and you would have been spared. ;-T ;)

Yeah - at least some assless chaps......

Mark

smdl · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2015, 07:05:15 PM »

Quote from: canuck750 on March 22, 2015, 10:33:05 PM

And you won't believe this but my little grinder is green and has a label on it that says Kawasaki!!

Damn Ninja's will kill you if you don't hang on tight and pay attention all the time ;) Bet it would not have happened with a fine Italian power tool.

Don't give in and buy a Japanese bike!

Glade it wasn't too serious, Jim. Heal quickly!

Cheers,
Shaun

jbell · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2015, 07:24:50 PM »

Canuck, glad you are okay. I'm wearing a cup from now on when grinding in addition to gloves and face shield.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2015, 07:49:53 PM »

Glad you're relatively ok. I've had *many* apprentices over the years. My biggest job was teaching them how not to get hurt.. ;D Disc sanders are one of the worst. They'll pull you right in..but you know that. ~;

canuck750 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2015, 07:59:52 PM »

I really should know better at my age, I had been working for a couple hours, I was getting tired, typical outcome when fatigue is mixed with power tools.

I still need to finish welding up the muffler, damn paper thin rusted piece of sh**t, I am going to clamp it in a vice and use two hands to hold the grinder this time.

lucian · « **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2015, 08:20:40 PM »

Glad it was not worse. Also glad it wasn't really from the motor cycle,wife can't make you sell it now. I would loose the kawisucky sticker.

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